- Code generation has to be under your control, your control being the organization or the individual.
- Metadata is discreet and more morphable, and actually metadata is a subgenre all on its own.
- Code generation has to be an easy process. It should be a part of the normal continuous integration build process.
- Handcrafted code is sacred and protected.
- Generated code should be an equal or a better quality than nongenerated code.
From Code Generation and T4 with Kathleen Dollard, Text transcript of show #152